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Overview
With recent changes in the variety of children needing adoption, issues about adoption have become more complex. As older and more disturbed children are being placed for adoption, the demands these children make on post-adoption workers and parents are considerable. This text takes a broad sweep of the major research and theoretical perspectives on adoption by reviewing the work of several disciplines within psychology, sociology and social work. The book gives readers a broad understanding on the development of children before, during and after they are adopted.
Synopsis
With recent changes in the variety of children needing adoption, issues about adoption have become more complex. As older and more disturbed children are being placed for adoption, the demands these children make on post-adoption workers and parents are considerable. This text takes a broad sweep of the major research and theoretical perspectives on adoption by reviewing the work of several disciplines within psychology, sociology and social work. The book gives readers a broad understanding on the development of children before, during and after they are adopted.
Booknews
Explores current understandings of the issues surrounding adoption with a focus upon social, behavioral and personality development. Fifteen chapters analyze the wide range of research and theoretical perspectives and discuss topics including nature and nurture; heredity and environmental influences on children adopted as babies and on older children placed for adoption; attachment, relationship-based theories, and adoption pathways; secure, anxious, angry, avoidant, and non-attached patterns; adoption outcomes; and patterns of practice. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Editorials
From the Publisher
“An easy-to-read book which covers a broad range of research on the social and psychological development of adopted children…likely to be particularly helpful to both parents and workers. It is therefore recommended reading.”
Children Australia